Fortunately for us, almost Guardian readers have been brave enough to do exactly that. Here, we sum up the state of play in the era of online dating and apps such as Tinder, and you can also catch up with some of our favourite Blind Date couples and find out whether love was in the air. Did Sam and Emily survive the pornstar martini incident? Were Lou and David meant for one another? And what next for the Blind Date wedding couples? For the first time since records began, more of us are single than not.
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Skip navigation! Story from Tech. Illustrated by Austin Watts. Is it just us, or are blind dates one of the most stressful things ever? Maybe it's the fact that we're always set up by our moms — and let's face it, moms aren't exactly light on the pressure — but we're simply terrified at the thought of meeting up with a perfect stranger major props to all you ladies out there hitting the blind dating scene, you're better than us! Which is exactly why we did a double take when we heard about the latest app from the team behind OkCupid, Crazy Blind Date.
Rad Or Bad: This New App Sets You Up On Blind Dates
The pleas and promises come fast and ardent: We can eliminate deception in online-dating! We can catch romance scammers! We have The Next Thing!
When I speak with younger people about dating before the internet, they seem to think it was a series of chance encounters — kind of like what you see in classic rom coms. A woman searches for a book in a library. A stack over her head loosens and falls. A man swoops in and blocks the falling books from hitting her. He asks her out, and love takes its course.